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Summary

Portrait of Jean Louis Agassiz, 1807-1873, member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents. He was the leading biologist in the United States in the 1840s and the founding director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He was known for his anti-Darwinism stance.

Author

Unknown

Subject

Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873

Board of Regents

Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology

Harvard University

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The original negative number is 45899 and 79-10446, but that negative has been lost. Original in small print file